Michael Goold

BPhil, MA, MBA

Michael Goold is a founding director of the Ashridge Strategic Management Centre. His research and consulting interests and expertise are concerned with corporate strategy and structure, especially in multi-business companies. He has worked with a wide range of companies in developing the distinctive views on corporate parenting. Michael also runs the Centre’s programme on Group Level Strategy.

Prior to establishing the Centre in 1987, he was a Senior Fellow at the London Business School. During this time, he undertook the research into the role of the corporate centre in diversified companies that led to the publication of Strategies and Styles. He also taught business policy on the Master's programme and on executive courses.

Michael has extensive consulting experience with senior management. From 1971 to 1983 he was a member of the Boston Consulting Group, and in 1978 was elected a Vice President and Director of the firm.

Michael's publications

2007

Size, structure, and performance of corporate headquarters (The)

Goold, M., Young, D. & Collis, D. (2007) The Size, structure, and performance of corporate headquarters, Strategic Management Journal,No.28, pp.383 - 405, March. Available from Strategic Management Journal.

2007

Temporary but intensive care is just what many businesses need

Barber, F. Goold, M. (2007) Letter in the Financial Times,Temporary but intensive care is just what many businesses need, 1 March

2007

The Strategic Secret of Private Equity

Barber, F. & Goold, M. (2007) The Strategic Secret of Private Equity, Harvard Business Review, Volume 85, Number 9, September Link to Harvard Business Review

2006

Brief CaseEIS and Strategic Control

Goold, M. & Cruise O'Brien, R., (2006) EIS and Strategic Control, Long Range Planning, Vol. 24, No. 5, pp. 125-127

2006

Designing Effective Organisations 2006

Goold, M. & Campbell, A. (2006) Designing Effective Organisations, Corporate Research Forum, London, February

2006

The size of corporate headquarters

Goold, M. & Campbell, A. (2006) The size of corporate headquarters, European Council on Corporate Strategy, London

2005

Benchmarking Your Staff

Goold, M. & Collis, D. (2005) Benchmarking Your Staff, Harvard Business Review, September Available from Harvard Business Review

2005

Growth in New Businesses Conference

Campbell, A. & Goold, M. (2005) Growth in New Businesses Conference, Café Royal, London, 19 April

2005

Making Peer Groups Effective: Lessons from BP's Experiences

Goold, M. (2005) Making Peer Groups Effective: Lessons from BP's Experiences, Long Range Planning, Vol. 38, October, pp 429-443.

2005

When Lean Isn't Mean

Goold, M. & Young, D. (2005) When Lean Isn't Mean, Harvard Business Review, April.

2004

Chief Executives Workshop

Campbell, A., Goold, M., Bungay, S. & Scott, M. (2004) Chief Executives Workshop, London, 25 February

2004

Redesigning the Corporate Centre

Goold, M. & Young, Y. (2004) Redesigning the Corporate Centre, in Personal und Organisation, Horst Wildemann (Hrsg.), Teil I, Organisationsentwicklung.

2003

Making Matrix Structures Work: Creating Clarity on Unit Roles and Responsibility

Goold, M. & Campbell, A. (2003) Making Matrix Structures Work: Creating Clarity on Unit Roles and Responsibility, European Management Journal, June

2003

Structured Networks: Towards the Well-Designed Matrix

Goold, M. & Campbell, A. (2003) Structured Networks: Towards the Well-Designed Matrix, Long Range Planning, Vol. 36, October, pp. 427 - 439

2002

Designing Effective Organisations 2002

Goold, M. & Campbell, A. (2002) Designing Effective Organisations, ASMC Conference, Café Royal London, 2 May

2002

Designing Effective Organizations: How to Create Structured Networks

Goold, M. & Campbell, A. (2002) Designing Effective Organizations: How to Create Structured Networks, Jossey-Bass

2002

Do you Have a Well Designed Organization

Goold, M. & Campbell, A. (2002) Do you Have a Well Designed Organization, Harvard Business Review, March, pp. 117 - 124

2002

Fit-for-purpose Organisations

Goold, M. & Campbell, A. (2002) Fit-for-purpose Organisations, Organisations & People (The quarterly journal of AMED), Vol. 9, No. 3, August

2002

The Nine Tests of Organisation Design

Goold, M. & Campbell A (2002) Nine Tests of Organisation Design, Directions - The Ashridge Journal, Summer

2001

Redesigning the Corporate Centre 2001

Goold, M. Pettifer, D. & Young, D. (2001) Redesigning the Corporate Centre, European Management Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 83-91, February

2000

Corporate Headquarters; An International Analysis of their Roles and Staffing

Young, D., Goold, M., Blanc, G., Bühner, R., Collis, D., Eppink, J., Kagono, T. & Jiménez Seminario, C. (2000) Corporate Headquarters; An International Analysis of their Roles and Staffing, Financial Times, May. Available directly from the Financial Times

2000

Taking Stock of Synergy; A Framework for Assessing Linkages Between Businesses

Goold, M. & Campbell, A. (2000) Taking Stock of Synergy; A Framework for Assessing Linkages Between Businesses, Long Range Planning, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp 72 - 96, February

1999

Effective Headquarters Staff

Young, D. & Goold, M. (1999) Effective Headquarters Staff, 1998 Edition, published May

1999

The Collaborative Enterprise - Why Links Between Business Units Often Fail - And How to Make Them Work

Campbell, A. & Goold, M. (1999) The Collaborative Enterprise - Why Links Between Business Units Often Fail - And How to Make Them Work, Perseus Books

1999

The Growth Imperative

Goold M. (1999) The Growth Imperative, Long Range Planning, Vol. 32, No. 1 pp. 127-129

1998

Adding Value from Corporate Headquarters - 1998

Campbell, A. & Goold, M. (1998) Adding Value From Corporate Headquarters, in De Wit, B. & Myer, R. Strategy: Process, Content, Context: An International Perspective, 2nd Edition, International Thomson Business Press, pp. 484 - 500

1998

Breaking The Barriers To Synergy

Campbell, A. & Goold, M. (1998) Breaking The Barriers To Synergy, FT Mastering Management Review, Issue 15, August

1998

Corporate Level Strategy

Campbell, A. & Goold, M. (1998) Corporate Level Strategy, in Ambrosini, V. Johnson, G. & Scholes, G. Exploring Techniques Of Analysis And Evaluation In Strategic Management, Prentice Hall Europe

1998

Corporate Strategy & Parenting Theory

Goold, M., Campbell, A. & Alexander, M. (1998) Corporate Strategy & Parenting Theory – ASMC (10th anniversary), April

1998

Corporate Strategy & Parenting Theory - 1998

Goold, M., Campbell, A. & Alexander, M. (1998) Corporate Strategy & Parenting Theory – Briefcase, Long Range Planning, April